EU Grants Kazakhstan Sanctions Waiver to Export Coal via Russian Ports

EU Grants Kazakhstan Sanctions Waiver to Export Coal via Russian Ports

Kazakh authorities said Tuesday that the EU had granted the country permission to export coal to the bloc via Russian ports despite sanctions targeting Moscow.

Kazakhstan to export coal to EU via Russian ports - India Seatrade News

Kazakhstan said on Tuesday the European Union has approved the Central Asian country exporting coal through Russian ports, despite sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Kazakhstan, the EU’s largest Central Asian trading partner, is rich in natural resources, but is forced to export the vast majority of its production through Russia because it’s landlocked. After Brussels’ latest sanctions package on Russia, “the European side introdu…

Daily Memo: Kazakh Energy for Europe, Roscosmos-NASA Talks - Geopolitical Futures

Kazakh exemption. The European Union has decided to allow the delivery of Kazakh coal through Russian ports despite sanctions. The EU’s 16th package of sanctions on Russia banned the use of several Russian ports in the export of goods from other countries to the bloc. However, negotiations that followed the introduction of the 18th round […] The post Daily Memo: Kazakh Energy for Europe, Roscosmos-NASA Talks appeared first on Geopolitical Future…